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Robert Louis Stevenson

The Scottish author of Treasure Island and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.

1850–1894 Children's StoryHorror - GothicClassics
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Who was Robert Louis Stevenson?

Robert Louis Stevenson was a Scottish writer of adventure and suspense, the author of Treasure Island, Kidnapped and The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.

His life

Stevenson was born in Edinburgh in 1850 into a family of lighthouse engineers. He was sickly all his life and travelled constantly in search of a healthier climate: France, California, the Swiss Alps, and finally the South Seas.

His books

Treasure Island (1883) began as a map he drew with his stepson. Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886) came to him in a nightmare and sold tens of thousands of copies in months. He also wrote Kidnapped and A Child's Garden of Verses. He settled on Samoa, where the islanders called him Tusitala, 'teller of tales', and died there in 1894, aged 44.

Man is not truly one, but truly two.
Robert Louis Stevenson, "Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" (1886)
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A Child’s Garden of Verses

Narrated by Julie Ann Marra

Robert Louis Stevenson wrote these poems about childhood: lying sick in bed, playing in the garden, sailing a bathtub across the sea, watching the lamplighter come down t...

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Markheim

Narrated by JOHN RIDDLE

It is Christmas Day, and Markheim comes to an antique dealer's shop, saying he wants a present for a lady. He leaves behind a body. Then, alone in the shop among its tick...

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The Body Snatcher

Narrated by Christopher Mireider

Fettes is a medical student in Edinburgh, and he is not asking too many questions about where the anatomy teacher's specimens come from. One night he recognizes the body...

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The Rajah's Diamond

Narrated by Kelly Wilkinson

A famous diamond passes from hand to hand, and Prince Florizel of Bohemia and his friend Colonel Geraldine are drawn into the chase. Their nights lead through London's ba...

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Treasure Island

Narrated by Bill Lewis

Young Jim Hawkins finds a map in a dead sailor's chest. It leads to buried treasure on a distant island, and to Long John Silver, a one-legged cook who is not what he see...

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Life in dates

Robert Louis Stevenson's life

  1. 1850

    Born in Edinburgh.

  2. 1883

    Treasure Island.

  3. 1885

    A Child's Garden of Verses.

  4. 1886

    Jekyll and Hyde, and Kidnapped.

  5. 1890

    Settles at Vailima, Samoa.

  6. 1894

    Dies at Vailima, aged 44.

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Questions about Robert Louis Stevenson

What is Robert Louis Stevenson best known for?

Treasure Island and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.

Where did the idea for Jekyll and Hyde come from?

Stevenson said it came to him in a nightmare, and he wrote the first draft in a few days.

Which Stevenson audiobook should I start with?

Jekyll and Hyde is short and our most-played. For adventure, Treasure Island.

Where can I listen to Robert Louis Stevenson audiobooks narrated by real people?

Academy Voices has 9 Robert Louis Stevenson audiobooks, each performed by a real narrator, with a free sample on every one. Every recording is Certified Human Voice.

Reviewed October 2026 by the Academy Voices team. Sources: Wikipedia, Wikidata .

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